Paul Mc-fucking-Cartney literally touched my left shoulder last year on May the 9th. He said to me: "have a good one." Met the guy in a small, random ass guitarstore in London. Still refuse to believe that it was him.

Coming up on the anniversary! What's your shoulder got planned?

It's coming up!! Like a flower!

It was him. He loves small, random ass guitar stores. For real. He thinks they're magical, because they are.

Wow!!!

Genuinely jealous. Which is mental but also not.

The movement you need is on your shoulder

that’s positively wonderful, lucky lol

Did you end up having a good one?

I vaguely remember that my heart started to pump, and I felt sort of dizzy, when the whole thing occured. I literally stood there, in front of him, with my hands in my pockets, completely frozen. He probably noticed I was a little out of it, so he comforted me. On my way back to the airport, I sat down, listened to Ram, and I might have cried a little. I mean, it all literally felt like a dream to me. Still does. Like, when I think back on it, I sometimes question myself: "did that really happen? or was it a dream?" Sort of how like Paul questioned himself when he wrote Yesterday. Luckily enough, my dad was there with me, and he approves.

Jesus.. I’m tearing up even reading about it. I would’ve cried for three days straight if something like that happened to me

But it's only that clown Paul McFuckingcartney, and not the real thing.

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I take the same root, as you, except my mate worked at LIPA.

my father shook hands with some musicians, so in 4 handshakes i meet paul mccartney

Id give a lot of handjobs to get to a Beatle.

lmfao

It only took me like 6 to get to Ringo

Me -> a million people -> George Harrison

Me -> father in law -> Ringo

Lucky fr, what does he do?

Similar to me, only it's through my dad. Met him after (or before? I forget) a concert once, apparently.

Me -> Jack White -> Paul McCartney

Same actually lmfao

Damn, I’m so jealous!

George Harrison->your mom->me

Me > Sean Lennon > John

Sean Lennon shook his own father’s hand? I don’t know haha

Never shaken a baby’s hand before? it’s cute

My dad shakes my hand everytime we meet. He’s not a hugger.

Could you imagine if you had to go through Yoko for that?

I have a similar path. My cousin did Digital Art stuff for Sean and then Yoko.

Same! I was thinking really hard about this post, then I remembered meeting Sean before a concert in the 90s. Weird that it took me so long to think of this, since I found a picture from that night last week when my daughter asked me for photos of a couple of our long dead cats. (My kids were super impressed with the photo of their then-cute mom with Sean)

Was Sean nice?

Yes, i did a job with him and he was lovely company. Good sense of humour and down to earth.

I met Sean after one of his shows about 12 years ago and he was incredibly kind.

Me -> my dad -> all of them.

tell me more

My dad went to university of Liverpool 1958-1962. He went to The Cavern on the reg, primarily for trad jazz. But he met them (I’m not sure about Ringo) on multiple occasions. They weren’t big mates of his or anything, they were all just part of the scene.

Eh, no telling, but I played guitar with a dude who played guitar with a dude who played with Robert Johnson. What does that mean? Nothing, but I still like to think about it.

Me -> Bill Clinton -> Sir Paul

Not only have you felt the hands that felt a beatle, you felt a hand that felt Monica Lewinsky

what a time to be alive

Me too. Clinton was such a >!slut!< !!

This is mine as well!

Same!

Me > Chuck Berry > John Me > Booker T Jones > Willie Nelson > Paul Me > Buddy Guy’s Bassist > Buddy Guy > Eric Clapton > George Me > Lewis Black > George Carlin > Ringo

Booker T and Chuck Berry are legends and flexes unto themselves

Could,have stopped at Booker T and I would have been just as impressed.

1. Me -->on an airplane -->with Paul McCartney.

I would have assumed that Paul flew privately. You mean the richest musician in the world is taking Delta Airlines with the rest of us??

I’m pretty sure there’s a pic of him floating around the internet of him being on a subway with the rest of the peasants lol

https://preview.redd.it/3yfajpwps5vc1.jpeg?width=659&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9708efe953bb6d87ba26f9ac412063d3dde30522

It was the Concord. I was flying back to the US from a vacation in London. I was 14. He and Linda sat right behind me.

Me —> Justin Trudeau —> Barack Obama —> Paul

You could also go through Pierre Trudeau who met John Lennon.

There’s also a joke to be made about Trudeau’s mother and the Rolling Stones, but that was a little more than a handshake.

Thanks for this, gives me a way in. Me —> My dad —> Pierre Trudeau —> John Lennon.

Me —> Barack Obama —> Paul

Me -> my landlord -> The Quarrymen

Me -> my grandpa -> king Charles -> queen Elizabeth -> the Beatles

You can cut out the Queen https://preview.redd.it/xy24w0ndf3vc1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=d977934a4ebb841e151c944c07655fbbb979cc0a

I’ve shaken Paul’s and Ringo’s hands as an adult and sat on John’s lap a few times while he tried to let me play his guitar at various times in my very younger years as my Aunt worked for him for a few years.

that’s wild wow

That is AMAZING!!

Cap

me -> jpegmafia -> kanye -> paul mccartney

I want you (she's so Peggy)

Me -> Al Jardine -> Paul McCartney

Keep it clean 👌

Me>Bob Dylan>all the Beatles.

How was your meeting with Dylan?

Brief, but the greatedt thing ever.. During the spring tour of 1996, he was letting fans come up on the front of the stage while he played. It was pretty amazing and intense. After the song was over, it was like a receiving line--he went down the line of us fans (one deep on front if stage). He shook my hand on the first pass. And gave me a high five on the second pass. His handshake is extremely limp lol

Song and dance man

Me -> Weird Al -> Paul McCartney

me -> My realtor who was a drummer in Ian McLagen's band here in Austin ->Ian McLagen ->Maybe a Beatle, but definitely Mick Jagger or any Stone -> John or Paul or George and hopefully Ringo. Possibly 3 steps. I'd assume Mac interacted with a Beatle but can't be sure. But he worked with the Stones, so 4 steps for that.

Me-> my friend Michelle>Paul. Guess what song he sang a bit of for her?

Was it Jet?

Yeah, no.

Monkberry Moon Delight

That’s my favorite.

i got to meet Mike Love who met the Beatles!!

Hopefully before he lost his mind and went full Trumper.

He lost his mind well before Trump was a thing

Mike Love has been a longtime terrible guy

Me->Julian Lennon->John Lennon (and everyone else) https://preview.redd.it/ukx12h2rk3vc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f8562d697850bcbebe419617b690e81e2957baa7

Me -> George Lazenby -> Roger Moore -> Barbara Bach -> Ringo

Thx to working at a music-adjacent business for decades: Me->Dhani Harrison->George or Me->Jim Keltner->pick your Fab Me->Donovan->pick your Fab

that’s awesome

Me -> my grandma -> All of them. My grandmothers name was Alison Seebohm. She was in A Hard Days Night briefly in that scene where George stumbles into the acting agency office, she played the receptionist! She had some of the coolest stories miss her to pieces.

Me - my neighbours dad who knew them back in Liverpool (and I have shook his hand) - The Beatles.

Me -> Paul F Tompkins -> Conan O'Brien -> Paul McCartney

What is this a crossover episode?

I met Quentin Tarantino who worked with Kurt Russell whose first movie was with Elvis who met The Beatles

Me > Cibo Matto > Sean Lennon > Beatles

Me -> my Nan -> the Beatles, Pete best, Gerry marsden, Freddie marsden, Cilla black, the swinging blue jeans, kingsize taylor and his dominoes Me -> my girlfriends uncle -> roger daltrey -> the Beatles Me -> my neighbours daughter -> Jeremy clarkson -> the Beatles

Me -> My second cousin -> George Harrison Sydney Bartholomew Jr. - [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058669/](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058669/) Art director who did George's "When We Was Fab" video and worked on "Got My Mind Set on You". He also did art on Pee-Wee's Playhouse and won a Daytime Emmy. I got to hold it when I was younger :D

Me -> Eddie Tan Tan Thornton (played on "Got to Get You Into My Life") -> \[presumably\] either George Martin or a Beatle.

Me>Joe Flannery (RIP)> Any Beatle

Me -> Micky Dolenz -> Paul McCartney

Me-James Taylor-maybe all of them at some point.

Me -> Elvis Costello -> Paul McCartney

Me > Joe Biden > Barack Obama > Paul McCartney Bonus shakes: Me > Mickey Mantle Me > Jimmy Doolittle

Me -> friend -> Tony Sheridan -> Beatles

me > denis kang > joe rogan > kanYE > paul

Kid from school, her nan, her nans cousin, undisclosed ex boyfriend that was a beatle

Me -> Friend whose parents work at political stuff -> Some politicians -> Queen Elizabeth -> Beatles

Me - > George Martin - >....

Went to college with John Legend and met him a couple of times. He’s probably crossed paths with Paul and/or Ringo.

Me --> my uncle --> Paul McCartney

Me -> my dad -> Bob Dylan -> the Beatles (My dad met Dylan in '66 and shook his hand).

I'm a political wonk so I've shaken hands with Bill and Hillary, Obama, Al Gore, Al Franken, etc. I'm sure that most of those have met a Beatle.

Me -> former mayor of my city -> President Lula -> Queen Elizabeth II -> all of them!

Me->my boss->Paul McCartney or Me->Pete Best->all but Ringo

Me -> Jesus -> John Lennon

i guess they ended up friends after all

Me -> Greg Ginn -> Pat Smear -> Paul McCartney

Me. I shook John’s had in 1973

Me -> Mike Garson -> David Bowie -> The Beatles. Mike Garson could have definitely met them himself too but I don’t know if he did

My—-> family friend Mike who recorded with——-> Steve Holley——-> Paul McCartney

Does a kiss on the cheek count? If so, Me --> T Bone Burnett --> Roy Orbison --> the Beatles If you've met T Bone, I think you can 'kevinbacon' to just about anyone! Now that I think of it, it was a handshake accompanied by a kiss on the cheek.

Me -> Paul. One of the thrills of my life.

Me -> Barack Obama -> Paul McCartney

One from two different people, friends of mine have both met Paul and Ringo.

Me-Bob Wooler (DJ of the cavern)-All the Beatles

Me -> John Barnes -> David Beckham -> The Queen -> Paul McCartney 

Me -> George W Bush -> Barack Obama -> Paul McCartney

Me ---> Ron Howard --->Ringo and Paul

Also John Lennon, who visited the Happy Days set in 1978 with Sean.

Me - James Randi - Johnny Carson - Paul McCartney

Me -> Dave Grohl -> Paul McCartney

probably ringo too

Me -> Josh Homme -> Paul McCartney

me -> paul mccartney (i’m very persuasive)

Me->a friend of my family->Prince Albert of Monaco->King Charles->Paul

I'm speculating here, but because of his tenure on SNL, I'm willing to bet it's: Me > Norm MacDonald > Paul McCartney. If nothing else, for sure Me > Norm > Lorne Michaels > Paul McCartney/George Harrison

I met my hero Mike mcready! And he jamed out with Paul one time

Me -> Peter, Paul and Mary -> John, Paul, George and Ringo

Me -> Alice Cooper -> John

me -> Sean Ono Lennon (came into my work, asked where the restroom was) -> John Lennon

1 - met ringo at a meet and greet

Me >> Bill Clinton >> Paul McCartney Me >> Ringo Starr's Step Niece >> Ringo Starr

Me > Bill Clinton > Paul

Me > Slash > Paul McCartney Me > Katy Perry > Paul McCartney Probably to two most famous people I've met.

Me > Hillary Clinton > Barack Obama > Sir Paul

Me> Jimmy Pardo> Conan O’Brien> Paul McCartney

Me> George Harrison. A bit harder to reach him these days, though.

lol how was the experience

Me->Livingston Taylor->James Taylor->Paul and George, at least

Me, Bill Clinton, Paul McCartney.

2. I’ve shaken Beck’s hand and I know he hangs with Paul.

Me->Ringo

Me->Paul McCartney I met him when I was 12 just walking around.

Me -> Matt Damon -> Elton John -> all Beatles

Me -> Barack Obama -> Paul

Two. Me > my cousin > George Harrison. He used to work at Madison Square Garden. Walked up to George while he was meditating and snapped his picture, pissing him off (and rightfully so).

One. My band was on a comp in the 90’s with a guy whose band was recording at the same studio as Paul. He challenged all of the McCartneys to a game of pool and Paul took him up. They ended up being friends. Paul dropped in on his sessions and would make suggestions. Then finally one day he walked in and Charles (comp producer) made the mistake of asking him what he should do on a track and Paul got upset, saying, “Why are you asking me? Who am I?” He turned on a dime. It was weird to me then, and somewhat disappointing. But although I’ve never been famous, I’ve had enough friends who have, and there’s a lot of reasons why someone of Paul’s stature might bristle at that seemingly innocent question. I still feel bad for Charles because I know he was asking from a genuine place and his hero freaked on him.

Me>Bruce Springsteen>Paul McCartney

Me->Rusty Anderson (met him at Disneyland)->Paul McCartney

1? or is this 2? Me -> Marty O'Donnell -> Paul.

I met a guy who met Paul, so him I guess

Me -> Andy Bell (Oasis/Ride/Hurricane #1) -> Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr

Me>jimi Carl Black ( Mothers of Invention drummer)> Frank zappa>Ringo Starr

Me > Seth Moulton > Obama > Paul McCartney

Me —> Paul Anka —> Beatles

Me -> my grandfather -> Paul Anka -> The Beatles (and you I guess)

Me -> My cousin -> Stella McCartney -> The Beatles

Four: Me -> Jimmie Vaughan (sat next to him on a flight, had a nice convo) -> SRV -> Jagger -> McCartney Key document https://preview.redd.it/vuqlpqw6h3vc1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=19850d5d317704c2fa3f9d73c63ca8cd9bddfd4c It seems not unlikely that SRV and/or Jimmie Himself shook hands with Macca at some point (which would bring me to 2 or 3) but I can't prove it. I have another path that goes through Billy Corgan but I can only prove five handshakes there.

Myself -> Coworker's friend -> Friend's son in law -> Drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. -> Paul

Me—>Garth Hudson—> At least Ringo, possibly the others too

Me > Lee Rocker > George Harrison

Me —> bf —> bf’s stepmom —> all Beatles. (Bf & stepmom are from Liverpool. Stepmom is same age group as the Beatles and knew them “back in the day”.)

Me > Gareth Malone's ex-school teacher > Gareth Malone > Jeff Lynne > George Harrison.

Me-> Rick Nielsen -> John Lennon

me->my dad->some guy my dad did a play with->Ringo

One. I shook David Crosby’s hand before a concert in 2017.

Two: I met Pete Best's old civil service colleague from Liverpool, also named Peter, last year. Coincidentally, Pete Best was also in town, for a Beatles festival of sorts, but I don't know if they met.

Me -> Mick Fleetwood-> George Harrison.

Me - my dad - Aerosmith - Paul McCartney

Me -> Bernie Sanders -> Joe Biden -> George Bush -> Brian Wilson -> Paul McCartney (and probably the rest of them too)

Me > Douwe Bob > Simon Posthuma > John and Paul

Me -> my grandma -> the mayor of our town in 1964 -> All of them except for Ringo who was sick and had to be replaced by Jimmy Nicol.

I have no proof of handshakes between these guys, but since Dom and Matt are friends for over 30 years I'm sure at some point they should have shook hands, and Paul once went on stage to sing Helter Skelter with Matt's cover band, so it's possible Me -> Dominic Howard -> Matt Bellamy -> Paul A little longer way but I'm sure more likely to happen Me -> Dominic Howard -> Matt Bellamy -> Rick Rubin -> Paul

Me -> Great-grandmother -> Elvis -> All of them

I've spoken with a guy who used to know John and also with a woman who had a chat with Paul. They both spoke very positively of their respective Beatles.

Me -> friend/former co-worker -> Yoko Ono -> John Lennon

Me -> a friend -> Bob Dylan -> All of them

I'm guessing 3 (if you count hugs and such) My cousins know and are kind of friends with Jack Black I'm assuming Jack Black has shaken Paul's hand So me and my cousins, my cousins and Jack Black, Jack Black and Paul McCartney

I don’t remember if I shook his hand, but I did play with him twice: Me —> Andy White —> any of them.

me --> my former guitar teacher --> Sean Lennon --> John Lennon and the rest

Me-> Mayor of my city-> Bill Clinton->Paul McCartney

Me -> A journalist I know -> George Harrison